The Continental Prophecies: America: a Prophecy, Europe: a Prophecy, The Song of Los (The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 4)
- Hardcover
- Princeton: The William Blake Trust/Princeton University Press, 1995
Princeton: The William Blake Trust/Princeton University Press, 1995. Hardcover. Very good/very good +. Hardcover. 12" X 8 1/2". 367pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Gentle shelfwear to dust jacket, with some bumping to head and tail of spine. Bound in full dark brown cloth, with spine lettered in gilt. A hint of shelfwear to binding, else fine. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. A very presentable hardcover in dust jacket of this fourth volume of The William Blake Trust and Princeton University Press' Illuminated Books of William Blake.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
The last volumes in the series of William Blake's Illuminated Books reveal the writer and artist as a prophet driven by a sense of apocalyptic urgency. Blake conceived and executed The Continental Prophecies and The Urizen Books in the early 1790s, capturing the intellectual and spiritual turmoil of the American and French revolutions. Here, for the first time, the general reader will encounter Blake's most intense vision in reproductions that do justice to the originals, accompanied by texts, comprehensive notes and commentaries, and detailed interpretations of the designs. The Continental Prophecies, which comprises "America," "Europe," and "The Song of Los," presents Blake's critical reckoning with the history of his own times. Marked by a particularly close integration of word and image, the books form a mythical plot from historical events and criticize the intricate structure of social oppression that the author attributes to organized state religion. Each of the three books attempts to point a way toward the process of millennial liberation. These volumes complete the six-part series of William Blake's Illuminated Books, including Jerusalem, Songs of Innocence and of Experience (now available in paperback), The Early Illuminated Books, and Milton, A Poem, all published by Princeton University Press. (Publisher).
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
The last volumes in the series of William Blake's Illuminated Books reveal the writer and artist as a prophet driven by a sense of apocalyptic urgency. Blake conceived and executed The Continental Prophecies and The Urizen Books in the early 1790s, capturing the intellectual and spiritual turmoil of the American and French revolutions. Here, for the first time, the general reader will encounter Blake's most intense vision in reproductions that do justice to the originals, accompanied by texts, comprehensive notes and commentaries, and detailed interpretations of the designs. The Continental Prophecies, which comprises "America," "Europe," and "The Song of Los," presents Blake's critical reckoning with the history of his own times. Marked by a particularly close integration of word and image, the books form a mythical plot from historical events and criticize the intricate structure of social oppression that the author attributes to organized state religion. Each of the three books attempts to point a way toward the process of millennial liberation. These volumes complete the six-part series of William Blake's Illuminated Books, including Jerusalem, Songs of Innocence and of Experience (now available in paperback), The Early Illuminated Books, and Milton, A Poem, all published by Princeton University Press. (Publisher).
Details
Title
The Continental Prophecies: America: a Prophecy, Europe: a Prophecy, The Song of Los (The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 4)
Author
Blake, William; Dorrbecker, D. W. (Intro., Ed.)
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
The William Blake Trust/Princeton University Press: Princeton
Date
1995